this is a labor of IFRJ - CPAR students, for diciplina of English for specific purposes , with the theme health and safety at work.

1. PPE: FOOT AND LEG
PROTECTION

2. OVERVIEW:
Safety boot When a workplace hazard assessment shows that
employees may encounter injury to feet and legs, campus
management and supervisors should explore all possible engineering
and work practice controls to eliminate hazards. If these hazards
cannot be eliminated through engineering and work practice
controls, supervisors must require that the employees use
appropriate personal protection equipment (PPE) to provide
additional protection.
Potential hazards include, but are not limited to, falling or rolling
objects, punctures (including objects piercing the sole) electrical
hazards, chemical hazards, burns (e.g., sparks or molten metal), and
environmental and process hazards. See the hazard assessments
section on our Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) webpage for
information about conducting a hazard assessment.

3. FOOT INJURY STATISTICS
• 180,000 foot-related
injuries
• 400 injuries per day
• $6,000 per injury
• 1,509 lost-time injuries

4. FOOT HAZARD REVIEW
• Falling objects
• Rolling objects
• Objects piercing the sole
• Exposure to electrical hazards
• Slippery walking surfaces
• Wet or muddy conditions
• Hazardous chemicals
• Cold weather conditions

5. PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR THE
FEET AND LEGS COMMONLY
INCLUDES:

6. SAFETY SHOES
• Safety shoes have impact-
resistant toes and heat-
resistant soles. Some shoes
have metal insoles to
protect against punctures.

7. FOUNDRY SHOES
• These shoes have built-in
safety toes, insulate the feet
from the extreme heat of
molten metal, and keep hot
metal from lodging in shoe.

8. LEGGINGS
• This garment protects the
lower legs and feet from burn
injuries from molten metal or
welding sparks.

9. TOE GUARDS
• Toe guards fit over the toes of
regular shoes to protect the
toes from impact and
compression hazards.

10. COMBINATION FOOT AND
SHIN GUARDS
• These protect the lower legs
and feet.

11. METATARSAL PROTECTION
• Protection from falling and rolling objects
for upper part of the foot
• Boots with external protection
• Strap-on metatarsal guards

12. SLIP RESISTANT
• Street shoes are not
intended for slip
resistance
• Soft rubber soles are
slip resistant
• Sole has tread with
channels
• Still need to walk
carefully

13. ELECTRO-STATIC DISSIPATIVE
• Reduce static
electricity
• Conduct charge from
body to ground
• Have low electrical
resistance
• Wear around
flammable or
explosive materials
• Wear near sensitive
electronic equipment

14. CONDUCTIVE SHOES
• Minimize static electricity
• Reduce ignition of volatile chemicals
• Discharge static into grounded floors
• Should not be worn near electrical hazards

15. CHEMICAL RESISTANCE
• Exposure to liquid
chemicals, acids,
caustics
• Boot material
resistant
to specific chemical
• Made of rubber,
PVC,
neoprene, or vinyl

16. WET OR MUDDY CONDITIONS
• Boots to keep feet
dry
• Made of PVC or
rubber

17. COLD CONDITIONS
• Use a special insulated
liner in:
• Freezing outdoor
conditions
• Refrigerated
environments

18. AREAS AND PERSONNEL
AFFECTED
Anyone exposed to a workplace hazard that could injure the
feet or legs need to be protected from that hazard. Areas and
personnel most likely to need foot/leg protection include:
-Certain art studios and workshops staff and students
-Physical plant/facilities staff
-Auxiliaries staff
-Custodial staff

19. Consider the list of occupations from Appendix B of OSHA’s
PPE standard for general industry. Their list for foot protection
(item 10, Selection guidelines for foot protection) includes:
“shipping and receiving clerks, stock clerks, carpenters,
electricians, machinists, mechanics and repairers, plumbers and
pipe fitters, structural metal workers, assemblers, drywall
installers and lathers, packers, wrappers, craters, punch and
stamping press operators, sawyers, welders, laborers, freight
handlers, gardeners and grounds-keepers, timber cutting and
logging workers, stock handlers and warehouse laborers.”

20. TRAINING AND EMPLOYEE
INFORMATION
Employees must get information and training that enable
them to be apprised of the hazards present in their work, and
to understand the correct use of personal protective
equipment. The minimal training requirements to be met are
in 29 CFR 1910.132(f). In summary, campuses must train each
employee who must use PPE to know and demonstrate the
following items prior to using the PPE:

21. -When PPE is necessary.
-What PPE is necessary.
-How to properly put on (don), take off (doff), adjust and wear the
PPE.
-The limitations of the PPE.

22. ADDITIONAL TRAINING OR
RETRAINING
Additional training or retraining of employees needs to be
done when a previously trained employee is not
demonstrating the proper understanding and skill level in the
use of PPE, or when there are changes in the workplace or in
the type of required PPE that make prior training obsolete.

23. KEY POINTS TO REMEMBER
• Know the foot hazards in your workplace
• Wear footwear with appropriate protective features for the
job
• Know the capabilities and limitations of protective footwear
• Check comfort, fit, and support of footwear
• Clean, store, and inspect footwear

24. BIBLIOGRAPHY
http://www.epi-tuiuti.com.br/produtos/epi/calcados-de-seguranca/
http://mapadaobra.com.br/profissional-de-obra/torne-se-um-
especialista/botas-de-seguranca
http://www.fiocruz.br/biosseguranca/Bis/lab_virtual/epiprotecaomembros
inferiores.html
http://www.cursonr10online.com/voce-conhece-todos-os-epis-de-
protecao-dos-pes#prettyPhoto
https://www.ncsu.edu/ehs/www99/right/handsMan/worker/ppe/
https://www.lean-news.com/workplace-safety-foot-protection/

25. creators:
• Jean Lopes;
• Joyce Lemos;
• Karolayne Magalhães;
• Rodrigo Moraes.
Institution:
IFRJ-CPAR
class:
MEC 151